{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. diététique. See Diet. ] Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dietetical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. [ 1913 Webster ]

To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Epictetus. ] Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. It is a member of the Lanthanide rare earth group. Symbol, Lu; atomic number 71; atomic weight 174.967 [ C=12.011 ]. Previously spelled Lutecium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. peripateticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to walk about; peri` about + &unr_; to walk: cf. F. péripatétique. ] 1. Walking about; itinerant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. “The true peripatetic school.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Peripatetic. [ R. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. péripatétisme. ] The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to seek: cf. F. zététique. ] Seeking; proceeding by inquiry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Zetetic method (Math.), the method used for finding the value of unknown quantities by direct search, in investigation, or in the solution of problems. [ R. ] Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seeker; -- a name adopted by some of the Pyrrhonists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Zetetic, a. ] (Math.) A branch of algebra which relates to the direct search for unknown quantities. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]